Name: ____________________________ JAN 14, 2016

Writing UCONN USCI LEHIGH

Writing Lesson 3.1

Directions: Please get started on your Review-a-Few ☺ This should be done silently, independently,
expeditiously, and with your very best effort.
Re-write the following sentences into one sentence using commas in a series:
Review-a-Few
1. I was tired. I was hungry. I was thirsty. I was grumpy.
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2. Luna wants yogurt for breakfast. She wants cereal. She also wants a
muffin.
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● Shout out to Aalyssa for showing achievement by scoring a 90% average
Announcements on the ELA ANet. She had the best score in the building!! ☺
and Shout Outs ● Shout out to and Mr. Davies for purchasing and delivering our new
NOVEL, The Giver, that were are going to begin reading next week!!
● Shout out to Hakim for volunteering to pick up garbage left by his
teammate from off the classroom floor. Thanks for showing service! ☺

Unit 3: Introduction to the Building Block --

The Literary Analysis Paragraph Lesson 1: The Recipe and Reading Through a Lens
Aims:
● To _________________________ the “ingredients” and “cooking directions” of a literary
analysis paragraph
● To ________________________ a question and read through a ______________

Criteria for Success:

✓ Before writing a literary analysis paragraph, you:
◻ Paraphrase the question by writing it in your own words
◻ Focus in on and return to the key words in the question while you are reading
◻ Identify multiple pieces of strong evidence and choose the best one that most clearly
supports the claim
 Ready…Set…Let’s Puzzle!
We’re going to be going through our “puzzle” card together ☺ We’ll write a full literary
analysis paragraph all together ☺

Step 1: _________________________________________________________

What lesson did the narrator in “Cheating” learn? Use evidence from the text in your response?

Paraphrase:

Think: What are we looking for as we read?